Decided to finally hit the old Italian mozzarella and meat shop on Metropolitan while its still around. It’s like how that older man, I met in my first food blog post, told me to go see Les Paul before it’s too late. Sadly I never got to see him perform …fortunately I learned my lesson. The famous 90 year old lady (great NYTimes audio interview/slideshow) was in there just like all the times I would walk by and look through the window. Another man was slicing prosciutto and handing us slices to taste. I asked if I can take a photo and the lady made a joke about her hair being presentable. Well, looks as good as mine.
The two people before me had grabbed bread from across the street at Napoli Bakery and brought them back for them to slice prosciutto and mozzarella directly onto, topped with marinated eggplant. Those costs $9, but looked fantastic, fresh and real Brooklyn Italian. I grabbed my 1/4 lb prosciutto ($4) and ball of the hand-made fresh mozzarella ($6) and went across the street to grab some bread at Napoli ($0.60) to make my own sandwich. Plenty of mozzarella left over, but not for long.
Speaking of Italian food shops on Metropolitan …we walked by our beloved Mario & Sons Meat Market, where they had a sign “We have Baby Lambs, Baby Goats & Rabbits for Easter.” Rusty thought they were actually live animals that you’d give your kids as pets for Easter. I had to remind him that it’s a meat market. I felt like I killed the Easter Bunny telling him that.
Tedone Latticini – 597 Metropolitan Ave (btwn Leonard & Lorimer St) Brooklyn, NY 11211 (Closed Sundays)
Napoli Bakery – 616 Metropolitan Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211
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Saw this birthday cake in the window of a Mexican bakery on Grand St in Brooklyn today. I think it scared Rusty.
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Today Pepsi is launching the Pepsi Refresh Project, where they’re giving away up to $1.3 million monthly to fund projects with a positive impact on communities. You submit the ideas, you vote, you join on Facebook. It reminds me of the Chase Community Giving program going around Facebook as well. This concept of social network marketing meets corporate sponsorship of charities is interesting. Think about how you get free content on your favorite sites like Gizmodo or Hulu and only in return, you just have to give up some attention to sponsoring ads. Here you sit through advertisement (in this case, being constantly reminded of Pepsi or Chase) and you can do something good in the world. That’s a trade-off well worth my attention.
The Pepsi Refresh Project – Main site & Facebook
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Super Bowl abortion ad hype, move over. This is the most amazing thing I’ve seen. Tim Tebow battling my roommate Russ (from Justice of the Unicorns and his homemade food on my blog) as unicorns. By Panhandle Slim (aka Scott Stanton)
Tim Tebow Listens to Justice
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I’m now writing a weekly post for Midtownlunch.com. It’ll feature lunches around my work hood, Flatiron. Read my first – Masala Dosa’s from Curry in a Hurry. I’m famous now!
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I’m not done with writing about Omaha Steaks. A pack of dinner conversation cards came with the frozen food. I pulled one out that asked, “What’s the best Superbowl commercial ever?” I flipped over the card, thinking it was the answer. “Baseball or football?” I guess that’s what I would say.
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